Homelab on Proxmox
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cheeky_panduh · 2023-12-18 20:59

Hi guys,

it’s the first time I’m getting my hands dirty building a home server
/ lab.

Here’s the list of my hardware:

- HP EliteDesk 800 G5 SFF
- CPU: Intel i5 9500
- GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 630
- PSU: 250 W (80 PLUS Platinum)
- Crucial MX500 SATA SSD (1 x 500GB)
- Crucial P3 M2 NVMe SSD (2 x 2TB)
- Crucial Pro RAM 64GB DDR4 2666 (2x32GB)

Specs: https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06414352

I still got space for another two 3.5” SATA HDD like 2 x Seagate
IronWolf Pro. But honestly I don’t want to integrate magnetic disks
because they make noise and are not power sufficient. The current
setup is surprisingly power efficient like 11-13W..

I plan to run Proxmox bare metal on the SATA SSD (Crucial MX500 SSD
-500GB). The SSD would also be the storage for ISO images. Maybe I
want to use TrueNAS Scale in the future for NAS but I’d need
additional storage to use RAID10, at least two disks which ideally
would be SSD (SATA or NVME).

Primarily I want to host software development stack with integrated
CI/CD (like GitLab) but also ‘must have’ apps like media server stuff
like Plex/Jellyfin and other useful tools like NextCloud and PiHole.

I’ve got technical background in Docker. Can/Should I just use
Portainer in an Ubuntu server VM to spin up several services? I don’t
know if creating services in Kubernetes (K3S) or on platforms like
Rancher would be a good idea?

I want to use best practices when setting up everything. There are
bunch of tutorials on YouTube but I haven’t found nothing really
comprehensive which goes step-by-step through all the stuff. Techno
Tim has fascinating stuff but he’s showcasing his results, it’s less a
walkthrough / how-to tutorial which would be interesting for newbies.

Thanks for your help.

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localhost-127 · 2023-12-19 08:59

Proxmox Tutorials by LearnLinuxTV:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT98CRl2KxKHnlbYhtABg6cF50bYa8Ulo